Jefferson Fisher

Number one, I want you to get very comfortable with the phrase, I'm telling you this because.

So start your sentence with, I'm telling you this because.

And here's where you can add a little bit of trust because these, I'm assuming these men and women, they might feel a little bit slighted, possibly, the fact that you got the position and they didn't.

And so there's going to be this aspect that they're looking to see, are you different?

Has it gone to your head?

And they're going to start to count that against you of like, oh, okay, Mr. Supervisor here just said that I need to do X, Y, and Z. And feeling like you've trying to, you know.

In the legal world, when a judge is making some big decisions, we'll say he's feeling his robes.

In other words, you're starting to kind of feel yourself out a little bit.

Here's what I would do.

encourage.

With that phrase, I'm telling you this because, you can insert trust by saying, I'm telling you this because I know I can trust you.

I'm telling you this because I know you appreciate transparency.

I'm telling you this because I know you can handle it.

I'm telling you this because I know who you are.

I'm telling you this because I know your work ethic.

You see how it's like a shortcut to saying, hey, I could go through the

I'm going to say rigmarole.

I could go through all the legalese of sound more corporate, sound like supervisor, but I know you and you know me.

And I'm telling you this because I know who you are.

And I want to have a conversation about X, Y, and Z. It's like you saying, hey, I'm just going to cut through.